I’ve recently joined up with a fantastic organization called Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS).  NILMDTS is a non-profit organization that assists families who have suffered early infant loss by providing free professional photography services in order to preserve their childs legacy and loving memory.  Every year this organization runs a cute kid contest and this year I’ll be participating!  Last year the organizaion was able to raise $44,000 and we hope to raise more this year!  Here are the details:  https://www.charitymodelsearch.org

Dates:  The contest begins on January 1 (ok, so I’m a little late).  As a participating photographer, I will be scheduling these session through till March 15th.

The session:  The session will be $75 for 30 minutes of shooting.  Just the children elegable for the competition can participate in the session (birth-18 years old)

Entry:  One photo of each child may be submitted to the competition.  Once voting begins on March 23rd, we rally everyone we can to vote.  Each vote costs $1, you are not limited to how many votes you submit.  All the procedes to go NILMDTS to continue their wonderful mission.

Finalists will be announced March 25th

Judging begins on March 26th.  They will choose a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner which will be announced mid-April.  Stay tuned for prizes!

In addition to the regluar contest, you will also have the ability to view and purchase prints or digital files on my online proofing site.

Please contact me if interested!

This fall was a great one!  I had so much fun meeting new friends and clients and playing with some crazy cute kids!  I did fail in one aspect though.  I fear I left out the blogging world!  The craziness of the season made it difficult for me to keep up with the growing collection of websites and social networking sites.  As a photographer who’s main market comes from friends, family and social media, keeping these connections is important.  With most people requesting Facebook posts, my poor blog was left out.  :(  So I have a quick post for my  blog followers to check out some of my more recent session.  I will have more to post after the holidays.  (after gifts have been given out.  :P)  Enjoy!  And if you want to see more, head over to my Facebook page!

It was great to meet this couple yesterday!  I have to say, I am so impressed with Ms. L here.  She was so committed to getting these pictures done that even though she broke her foot and hadn’t had it set yet, she still kept her appointment!  The poor thing couldn’t put any weight on it and was trekking through Old Ellicott City like a champ without any complaints.  I think I’d be home on the couch with some serious pain killers…but I’m a wuss when it comes to pain so no surprise there.  :P

Ms. L is a history major so they fittingly chose Old Ellicott City to do their engagement photos.  It’s a great historic location founded in 1772.  It  has the B&O railroad museum, lots of old buildings and bridges and great little nooks to take pictures in.  The trick to Old Ellicott is to go during the week when it isn’t crowded with people and cars.  Mr. C is a former Marine and is in school for Criminal Justice.

Good luck on your upcoming graduation and marriage!  It was so great to work with you!

Disclaimer:  The train tracks used for these images are not live tracks.  They are a small section of reclaimed tracks that are now part of the B&O museum.